2002-01-01 Happy New Year
Portugal, the UK and Ireland operate on UTC. So, then the Euro was introduced across 3 times zones as far as the continent is concerned. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-12-31 15:20 Subject: [USMA:17029] Re: Celebrations in Maastricht > Jim, > > If I'm not mistaken, most of Europe operates on Central European Time, (CET) > which is UTC +1.00. I think that would include all but Finland and Greece. > > Nat > > > Nat Hager's webpage > http://www.win.net/dorsea/nehager > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of James R. Frysinger > > Sent: Monday, 2001 December 31 14.57 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:17028] Re: Celebrations in Maastricht > > > > > > Han, > > > > Is it 2400 UTC that the shift takes place to the euro all across > > euroland, or does each country shift according to its time zone? > > > > Jim > > > > Han Maenen wrote: > > > > > > To-night, on this special New Year's Eve there will be a large > > celebration > > > in Maastricht to welcome the euro and it will be on TV. It was > > in this small > > > city that in 1992 the decision was taken to adopt the euro on > > 2002 January > > > 1. > > > At exactly 24:00 hours the euro will replace the guilder as the legal > > > currency. But people can still pay with their old currency for > > some time, in > > > our country till January 28. > > > > > > Han > > > > -- > > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 > > > > > > >
